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105 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Tojiro, a young seller of rice cakes in the Japanese capital of Edo, later known as Tokyo, is amazed to discover that the grumpy and shabby old man who buys his cakes is a famous artist renowned for his sketches, prints, and paintings of flowers, animals, and landscapes.
4) I am a cat
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Written over the course of 1904-1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as...
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"Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a 'do-nothing' because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out to do nothing. Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying...
9) Book of tea
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xiv, 82 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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A description of the Japanese tea ceremony that evokes Eastern culture as a whole.
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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日本語
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Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. From shiny pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties, this documentary pictures people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and everywhere in between.
12) Japan
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192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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Explores Japan from its mythological beginnings to the present day.
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A cultural adventure for kids, All About Japan offers a journey to a new place-and ways to bring it to life! Dive into stories, play some games from Japan, learn some Japanese songs. Two friends, a boy from the country and a girl from the city, take us on a tour of their beloved land through their eyes. They introduce us to their homes, families, favorite places, school life, holidays and more! Celebrate the cherry blossom festival Learn traditional...
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393 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, the protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls and receives cryptic instructions from a shabby but oracular Sheep Man.
17) Northern Asia
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48 pages : illustrations (mostly color), maps ; 27 cm.
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English
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Describes the cultures of Mongolia, South Korea, China, and Japan and gives instructions for projects that introduce local crafts of each country.
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356 pages, 16 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can never really throw away your past ... or anything else, for that matter.
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166 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start sniffing around for Hinami. Kaneki and Touka are going to have to get them off her tail and fast - no easy task while Kaneki attempts to bring humans and Ghouls to a rapid truce at the same time." -- Back of book.
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